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Broadcast Behind the Screens

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Jul 20, 2022 • 45min

Episode 5: Ben Frow and Sebastian Cardwell

This week's episode sees Paramount UK supremo Ben Frow and deputy chief content officer Sebastian Cardwell join Alice and Heather, revealing a major schedule shake-up on Channel 5. Alongside calling out for major returnable series, the duo also discuss launching Paramount+ in the UK, how they generate ideas and help further Alice and Heather's growing list of egg-related puns. 
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Jul 4, 2022 • 44min

Episode 4: Reality TV special

This week Joe Mace from ITV, Nazleen Karim from Monkey Kingdom and Dan Nettleton from Bandicoot join Alice and Heather to discuss all things reality television. The pair also talk about their time at Sheffield Doc/Fest, what they've been watching, and make a case to bring back weekly episode releases. 
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Jun 27, 2022 • 31min

Episode 3: Hugo Chegwin and Sarah Asante

This week, Alice and Heather are joined by People Just Do Nothing and Sneakerhead star Hugo Chegwin, and UKTV comedy commissioner Sarah Asante. The group discuss finding new comedy talent, dead-end jobs, and most importantly, Sneakerhead and BAFTA award-winning Big Zuu. This episode does contain some explicit language.
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Jun 20, 2022 • 39min

Episode 2: Jack Rooke

This week Alice Redman and Heather Fallon are joined by comedian, producer and writer Jack Rooke to talk about his Channel 4 series Big Boys. Alice and Heather also talk about the news that ITV is closing in on a Big Brother revival, Alice's time at Realscreen and Banff World Media Festival, and what they've been watching. 
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Jun 12, 2022 • 28min

Episode 1: Dolly Alderton

Alice and Heather are back with a brand new podcast. In the first episode of Broadcast Behind the Screens, Alice Redman and Heather Fallon are joined by Dolly Alderton to discuss the TV adaptation of her bestselling memoir Everything I Know About Love. Alice and Heather also discuss their greenlights of the week.
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Dec 15, 2021 • 44min

Episode 41: Commissioning Christmas Special

In our final episode of 2021, Alice Redman and Heather Fallon discuss the biggest news stories, reveal TV’s favourite television of the year and test their memories of a record year.
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Nov 23, 2021 • 24min

Episode 40: Starzplay VP of International Programming, Jeff Cooke

This week Alice and Heather discuss their greenlights of the week, and the upcoming special Christmas episode of Commissioning Conversations. Later on Alice is joined by Jeff Cooke, VP of International Programming at Starzplay to discuss international commissioning and the range of deals available to producers looking to work with him.
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Nov 9, 2021 • 27min

Episode 39: Luke Hyams, YouTube‘s Head of Originals EMEA

In this episode,  YouTube's Luke Hyams gives insight into how producers can create very distinctive content for such a unique platform. Heather Fallon and Alice Redman also talk BBC's new comedy team, as well as their greenlights of the week.
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Oct 26, 2021 • 26min

Episode 38: MIPCOM recap with Digital-i

This week Alice and Heather are joined by Matt Ross and Sophia Vahdati from insight company Digital-i, who specialise in TV and media industry analysis. Together they recap this year's MIPCOM, the global market for entertainment content across all platforms.
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Sep 28, 2021 • 22min

Episode 37: Discovery‘s VP of Development, Laura Crowson

This week, Discovery's VP of Development Laura Crowson speaks to Alice Redman about taking pitches from UK producers to feed into the US pipeline, and more. Plus, Alice and Heather discuss their Greenlight of the Week. 

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